Another stunning day, but a tad cooler compared to the previous few days. It’s easy to get excited about migration when the first new birds arrive and hope that every day should be delivering new migrants, however it is only March 21st, with spring passage not properly due to get underway for another few weeks yet, so it wasn’t surprising today that although the weather was great, there weren’t too many new arrivals. The only migrants logged today were 8 Little Ringed Plover around the Swineham area (4 Swineham floods and 4 Lower Piddle Valley floods). The Forsters’s Tern was again on Brownsea for most of the day, along with 3 Spoonbill. There were 2 Marsh Harrier in Middlebere and 3 over the Wareham Channel and these clear blue sky’s really see the White-tailed Eagles get active and move about alot, with adult female G466 being seen over several urban areas this afternoon including Nuffiield Industrial Estate and Upper Parkstone. Quite remarkable really!

Adult White-tailed Eagle G466 – Upper Parkstone – Mick Brooks

Dartford Warbler – Coombe Heath, RSPB Arne – Alison Copland

Dunnock – Coombe Heath, RSPB Arne – Alison Copland